hi,

i am buliding a small app it should look like in the attachment some how i am unable to align properly could some one please help me it will be higly appreciated:

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;

public class GridLayoutFrame extends JPanel {
// These are the components
private JButton FindB,AddB,RemoveB;
private JLabel theOne, theTwo, theThree,theFour,studentID,theMidTerm,theMidterm,theFinal1,theFinal2,FinalG1,FinalG2,FGrad e2;
private JList studentNumbers;
private JTextField mark1,mark2,mark3,mark4,markM,MarksF,FinalG;
Integer[] students;

public JList getActionList() { return studentNumbers; }
public JTextField getMark1() {return mark1;}
public JTextField getMark2() {return mark2;}
public JTextField getMark3() {return mark3;}
public JTextField getMark4() {return mark4;}
public JTextField getMarkM() {return markM;}
public JTextField getMarkF() {return MarksF;}
public JTextField getFinalGrade() {return FinalG;}

public GridLayoutFrame() {
setLayout(new GridLayout(4,1,0,0));
add(theStudentList());
add(theTextField());
add(theLabel());
add(theButton());
}
public JPanel theStudentList(){

JPanel sIdpanel = new JPanel();
sIdpanel.setLayout(null);
sIdpanel.setSize(430,353);
sIdpanel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.GRAY));

JLabel studentID = new JLabel("Student ID");
studentID.setSize(153,23);
studentID.setLocation(18,12);
studentID.setFont(new Font("Times", Font.BOLD, 17));
sIdpanel.add(studentID);

JList studentNumbers = new JList();
JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(studentNumbers,ScrollPaneConstants.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS,ScrollPaneConstan ts.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
scrollPane.setLocation(15,38);
scrollPane.setSize(390,149);
sIdpanel.add(scrollPane);
return sIdpanel;
}

public JPanel theLabel(){

JPanel theLabel2 = new JPanel();
theLabel2.setLayout(new GridLayout(1,8));
theLabel2.setLocation(30,500);
theLabel2.setSize(100,53);
theLabel2.setBorder(BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.GRAY));

theOne = new JLabel("A1");
theOne.setFont(new Font("Times", Font.BOLD, 16));
theLabel2.add(theOne);

theTwo = new JLabel("A2");
theTwo.setFont(new Font("Times", Font.BOLD, 16));
theLabel2.add(theTwo);

theThree = new JLabel("A3");
theThree.setFont(new Font("Times", Font.BOLD, 16));
theLabel2.add(theThree);

theFour = new JLabel("A4");
theFour.setFont(new Font("Times", Font.BOLD, 16));
theLabel2.add(theFour);

theMidTerm = new JLabel("Midterm");
theMidTerm.setFont(new Font("Times", Font.BOLD, 17));
theLabel2.add(theMidTerm);

theMidterm = new JLabel("Exam");
theMidterm.setFont(new Font("Times", Font.BOLD, 17));
theLabel2.add(theMidterm);

theFinal1 = new JLabel("Final");
theFinal1.setFont(new Font("Times", Font.BOLD, 17));
theLabel2.add(theFinal1);

theFinal2 = new JLabel("Exam");
theFinal2.setFont(new Font("Times", Font.BOLD, 17));
theLabel2.add(theFinal2);

FinalG1 = new JLabel("Final");
FinalG1.setFont(new Font("Times", Font.BOLD, 17));
theLabel2.add(FinalG1);

FGrade2 = new JLabel("Grade");
FGrade2.setFont(new Font("Times", Font.BOLD, 17));
theLabel2.add(FGrade2);

return theLabel2;
}

public JPanel theTextField(){

JPanel markValuesPanel = new JPanel();
markValuesPanel.setLayout(new GridLayout(1,7,5,5));
markValuesPanel.setSize(10,10);
markValuesPanel.setLocation(18,100);

mark1 = new JTextField("25");
markValuesPanel.add(mark1);

mark2 = new JTextField("14.5");
markValuesPanel.add(mark2);

mark3 = new JTextField("31.5");
markValuesPanel.add(mark3);

mark4 = new JTextField("30");
markValuesPanel.add(mark4);

markM = new JTextField("19.5");
markValuesPanel.add(markM);

MarksF = new JTextField("60");
markValuesPanel.add(MarksF);

FinalG = new JTextField("A-");
markValuesPanel.add(FinalG);

return markValuesPanel;
}

public JPanel theButton(){
JPanel theButtons = new JPanel();
theButtons.setLayout(new GridLayout(1,3,24,24));
theButtons.setSize(100,200);
theButtons.setLocation(50,150);

FindB = new JButton("Search");
FindB.setFont(new Font("Times", Font.BOLD, 17));
theButtons.add(FindB);

AddB = new JButton("Add");
AddB.setFont(new Font("Times", Font.BOLD, 17));
theButtons.add(AddB);

RemoveB = new JButton("Remove");
RemoveB.setFont(new Font("Times", Font.BOLD, 17));
theButtons.add(RemoveB);

return theButtons;

}

public JTextField getA1TextField(){return mark1;}
public JTextField getA2TextField(){return mark2;}
public JTextField getA3TextField(){return mark3;}
public JTextField getA4TextField(){return mark4;}
public JTextField getMidTermTextField(){return markM;}
public JTextField getFinalExamTextField(){return MarksF;}
public JTextField getFinalGradeTextField(){return FinalG;}

public JList getStudentIDList(){return studentNumbers;}

public void setStudentIDList(Integer[] studentIDs){studentNumbers.setListData(studentIDs);}

}

test.java

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;
import java.io.*;

public class test extends JFrame{
public test(String title){
super(title);
setSize(448,353);
}
public static void main(String[] args){
test mainFrame = new test("Test");
GridLayoutFrame mainPanel = new GridLayoutFrame();
mainFrame.setContentPane(mainPanel);
mainFrame.setVisible(true);
}

}